Oskar Blues Ten FIDY

	Percentile
	100
	overall

Brewed by Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Style: Imperial Stout
Lyons, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
932	4.09/5.0	4.08/5.0	Winter	9.4%	93.7	Snifter

Commercial Description:
Oskar Blues has released a special draft-only seasonal beer for the winter months. Ten FIDY Imperial stout is a titanic wonder of a stout, immensely viscous, and loaded with neck-deep flavors of chocolate, malt, coffee, cocoa and oats. It’s the beer equivalent of decadently rich milkshake made with Whoppers malted-milk balls and Heaven’s best chocolate ice cream. Ten FIDY is about 10% ABV and is made with enormous amounts of two-row malts, chocolate malts, roasted barley, flaked oats and hops. Ten FIDY’s huge-but-comforting flavors hide a whopping 98 IBUs that are deftly tucked underneath the beer’s mountains of malty goodness.

Also affectionately known as Ten W FIDY (i.e., 10W-50).

Editor's Note: The brewery has had the ABV tested at a lab, which came out to 9.4%.

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Hansen (2266), Randers, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/10 4/5 9/10 5/5 18/20
Aug 22, 2008
This is beer! This is real beer!. Dark black, dark brown head, mostly lasting, frothy. Dark, dark aroma, dark malts, burnt, roasted, laqurice, corn flakes. Flavor is eminent, strong, lasting, heavy, sweet notes, bitter all around, soft and gentle, violent at the same time. Iron, blood, strong. Duration: ½ an hour pr. sip. Soft texture, syrup, oily, dry.

bconley (351), Fern Park, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/10 4/5 7/10 5/5 15/20
Aug 21, 2008
Love this beer. Very thick. Hints of chocolate. Think and malty. Kind of reminds me of coffee.

craftycarl21 (521), South Hero, Vermont, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/10 5/5 8/10 5/5 17/20
Aug 20, 2008
pours a thick thick black with the darkest head i’ve ever seen- chocolate colored. aroma is nice, very very roasty. flavor is epic amounts of roasted malt, along with chocolate. excellent palate. phenomenal brew.

NomDeBeer (399), Maryland, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/10 5/5 8/10 4/5 18/20
Aug 20, 2008
Pours black with a beautiful brown head that diminishes completely. Aroma of alcohol, chocolate, and dark fruit. Thick, heavy mouth feel that saturates the palate. Flavor of chocolate, bitter coffee, and vanilla. Alcohol is slightly noticable in the taste, but overall, it’s well-hidden. Long, bitter finish of roasted malts, coffee, and hops.

thickfreakness (130), AUSTIN, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/10 5/5 8/10 4/5 16/20
Aug 18, 2008

Ordered from Liquor Max in Co. Thanks Nick. Tasted on 4/12/2008

I definitely wowed some friends pouring this amazing beer from a can. Pours motor oil black with a thick, mocha colored head. Smells of dark chocolate, coffee, and roasted malts. Taste is very similar with a majority coming from the chocolate and roasted malt taste and then a hint of coffee. The mouthfeel is very thick and expected of an RIS. The alcohol is hidden very well in the smell and taste for a 10%ABV beer thus it is pretty drinkable but I can’t see having more than a couple in a session.

Swalden28 (1446), McKinney, Texas, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/10 5/5 9/10 5/5 19/20
Aug 17, 2008 Updated: Jun 27, 2009
Can from ericandersnavy. Pours black, no light comming through, with a chocolate head....Very strong aroma of chocolate and coffee. Flavor is very nice, strong dark roast and chocolate with a bitter of a good IIPA. Palate is heavy, full body with low carbonation. Over all, a very tasty beer....

enginaaron (73), San Diego, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/10 4/5 8/10 3/5 17/20
Aug 16, 2008
Alright, so any beer that comes in a ALUMINUM CAN isn’t exactly on my "to-taste" list... so when this arrived from a friend I wasn’t the biggest fan. But it’s good stuff! GREAT roasted flavors with lots of creamy vanilla and chocolate. EXTREMELY thick (I would love to know what it’s FG is, gotta be huge) and pours tremendously dark with a dark tan head that is rich with aroma and flavor. All I know is that when I see this in the stores, can or bottle, I’m buying it!

AmEricanbrew (1808), Doing Rogue, Louisiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/10 3/5 7/10 4/5 15/20
Aug 16, 2008
Pitch black with a brown head. Mild blackened malt aroma with some grassy hops. Full body with light carbonation. Big flavors of dry black malts and tobacco at first, then a nicely bitter, dryish grassy hop and alcohol twang to finish. Reminds me of Gonzo porter.

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